by caadmin | May 27, 2012 | Featured, Kenya, Marathon, News, Ottawa
Kenyan Laban Moiben sets new Ottawa Marathon event record Réjean Chiasson and Lisa Avery top Canadian finishers May 27 – OTTAWA – Twenty-eight-year old Kenyan Laban Moiben today broke the Ottawa Marathon event record in a time of 2:09:12, shaving 19 seconds off...
by caadmin | May 15, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News, Ottawa
MAY 15 – OTTAWA – Confirmation of top-ranked runners in the 2012 Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend is shaping the May 27 marathon into one of the most highly anticipated spectator sports of the season. Event records are expected to fall with a strong...
by caadmin | Apr 26, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News
Ottawa – For the first time since 1996 Canada is sending three male marathoners to the Olympic Games. Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., all dipped below Athletics Canada’s Olympic marathon...
by caadmin | Oct 17, 2011 | Featured, News, Toronto
Yesterday at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon both Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., dipped below Athletics Canada’s marathon qualification standard of 2:11:29 for the 2012 Olympic Games. Coolsaet finished third overall...
by caadmin | Aug 18, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News, Toronto
Reid Coolsaet never imagined he’d be on the brink of an Olympic Games berth when he ran cross country for Hamilton’s Westdale Secondary School back two decades ago. A mediocre athlete, whose goal was nothing more than joining his girlfriend in qualifying for the...
by caadmin | Jul 7, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News
National Team for 2011. The Association of Canadian Ultra Runners has named the National Team for 2011 that will represent Canada at the World 50 Mile Trail Championships, to be held in Connemara National Park on the west coast of Ireland on July 9th, 2011. This...